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I totally understand what you are going through! I have dealt with anxiety for years and had scary thoughts before. When I had the scary thoughts, they wold only come up sometime while I was driving and when I would stay in hotels for business on high floors. When I wasn;t driving or staying in hote...

Thank you! I feel like lately I have trouble distinguishing the truth from lies. A few months ago I would just say this is ridiculous, I would never do that. Now, I'm not so sure. I don;t trust myself which, I believe, is do to low self-esteem. I also keep thinking what if this isn't OCD? I feel lik...

Kami - I totally understand how you feel. Lately I've felt numb and emotionless too. I'm not because I cry all the time haha but I do feel that way. I also used to "test or check" with myself by asking myself if I want to do these things and I would get very upset, but I don't feel as upset anymore....

Thanks for the advice!!! The thoughts are so unlike me to, and I think that's why they bother me so much. I was always so afraid to die, and now I'm worried I might do it to myself?? It doesn't make sense. I think the OCD attacks the things you fear most. I always worry about my loved ones, so now I...

So, I've had issues with anxiety for years and within the past two months the OCD started with scary thoughts of hurting myself and others and then CONSTANTLY worrying about it. I'm having difficulty dealing with all the uncertainty in life, all though I wouldn't want everything to be certain :) I c...

I totally get the fear of mental illness! I always worried about being schizophrenic, since I am a big worrier :) And since I have been diagnosed with OCD and haveing scary thoughts I worry that it is because of a terrible mental illness and not OCD. I analyze my every thought to "make sure" that I ...

Hi! I have had issues with anxiety for years and finally got it under control about a year and a half ago. I've had random thoughts about hurting myself or others for years before, but I didn't worry about them. For some reason a few weeks ago I started worrying that I would hurt myself or others. I...